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Group Size: 
Large group (10 or more)
Age Group: 
Grade 6+
Length of Activity: 
10 minutes or more
Developmental Goal: 
To have students work together to solve a problem.
Equipment: 
None
Before You Start: 
Skills Practiced: Team Building and dexterity.
 
  • Have a small group of students hold hands in a straight line all facing in the same direction.
  • The person at the end puts their hand up against a wall or holds onto a pole.
How To Play: 
  • The task is for everyone, including the person with their hand around the pole or up against the wall, to end up with their arms folded across their chest.
  • None of the students can let go of their hands and the person at the end must keep their hand on the wall or pole.
  • Give students plenty of time to discuss possible strategies and solutions.
Variations: 
Strategies: 
  • One solution to this problem is that the end person who is free to move, leads the entire group under the arm of the person attached to the pole or wall. This end person continues to lead the group under the wall person's arm again and again until everyone has their arms crossed. Finally the end person turns and faces the opposite direction w/o taking their arm off of the wall (this crosses their arms).
  • Another possible solution is to have the person at the end put their inside arm on the wall and have the rest of the line grab the inside arm of the person next to them.
 
Alternate Names of the Game: Twisted People